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The International Heart of Variety d/b/a Variety International (“VARIETY”) maintains this web site as a service to its clients, donors, potential donors and other interested parties. Please visit us frequently and browse our pages. Downloads are subject to the terms and conditions set out below.

USERS/PARTICIPANTS

We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, national origin, gender, and sexual orientation. No person under the age of 13 should use the site. We strongly encourage all parents and guardians to monitor the Internet use of their children. Use of the site by any user shall be deemed to be a representation that the user if 13 years of age or older.

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You hereby appoint VARIETY as your agent with full power to enter into and execute any document and/or do any act VARIETY may consider appropriate to confirm the grant of rights, consents, agreements, assignments and waivers set forth in these terms of use.

To the extent any “moral rights,” “ancillary rights,” or similar rights in or to the Submissions exist and are not exclusively owned by VARIETY, you agree not to enforce any such rights as to us or our licensees, distributors, agents, representatives and other authorized users, and you shall procure the same agreement not to enforce from any others who may possess such rights. Without limiting the scope of the Submissions License or any future grant of rights, consents, agreements, assignments, and waivers you may make with respect to Submissions, you hereby ratify any prior grant of rights, consents, agreements, assignments and waivers made by you with respect to Submissions submitted by you to us.

REMOVAL OF SUBMISSIONS

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LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEB SITES

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NO IMPLIED ENDORSEMENTS

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